Shade bracket



March 27, 1934. T, KNEAVEL 1,952,808

SHADE BRACKET Filed Jan. 20, 1933 Inventor f1 Homey Byuwwzh Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to brackets especially designed for supporting window shades in the present instance consists of an adjustable bracket that may be readily secured to the window stile without unduly marring the finish of the wood.

The invention together with its numerous objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the bracket applied to a Window stile.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view thereof, and

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are sectional elevational views taken on the lines 3 3, 4-4, and 5-5 respectively of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals it will be seen that the bracket comprises two plates 5, 6, plate 5 being materially shorter than plate 6. Each of the plates 5, 6 is provided at one end with a right angularly and rearwardly disposed flange '7 for engaging one side of the window stile 8 in a manner suggested in Figure 1. The plates 5 and 6 are disposed in longitudinal alinement and at their adjacent ends are provided with forwardly extending right angularly disposed flanges 9 and these flanges 9 are apertured intermediate their ends to accommodate a bolt 10 provided with a thumb nut 11 for drawing the plates 5 and 6 toward one another to secure the flanges 7 engaged with the stile 8 and thereby xedly secure the bracket in position on the stile.

The plate 6 adjacent that end thereof provided with the flange 7 is pressed inwardly and forwardly to provide a channel 12, and the said pressed portion of the plate is slotted longitudinally at the front side of the channel as at 13.

As will be clear from a study of Figure 3, in forming the channel 12 it willbe seen that the front side of the plate 6 thereof is provided with upper and lower shoulders 14. Engaged with the. part 12 of the plate is a shade roller supporting bracket 15 that has a base flange 16 formed with upper and lower lugs 1'7 to engage the shoulders 14 in the manner suggested in Figure 3. The flange 16 is apertured and accommodates a fastening bolt 19 that operates in the slot 13 and is provided with a thumb screw 20 for binding the flange 16 against the portion 12 of the plate and thereby secure the bracket 15 at the desired adjustment.

Remote from the flanged end 7 thereof, plate 6 is provided with a plurality of relatively spaced transverse slots 21, and the material of the plate. at the slots is bent outwardly and forwardly and then upwardly in the manner clearly shown in Figure 5 to provide upstanding ngers, prongs or male members 22 that are adapted to have telescopically engaged therewith, or to have engaged therewith in any other suitable manner one end of a curtain rod.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive bracket which may be readily applied to the window stile without requiring penetration of the stile by prongs or the like, and which can be readily adjusted to accommodate a window stile of any desired Width within reason.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of further changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A shade bracket comprising a relatively elongated plate and a relatively short plate, each plate being provided at one of its ends with a rearwardly directed flange, and at its relatively opposite end with a forwardly directed flange, a bolt extending through the forwardly directed flanges of said plates, and a nut threadedly engaged with the bolt for drawing the plates toward one another and the rearwardly directed flanges of the plates into engagement with a suitable support; said elongated plate being provided with a relatively short horizontal portion struck out therefrom and provided with a longitudinal slot, a shade roller bracket including a base flange having upper and lower lugs engaging the said slotted struck out portion of the elongated plate, a bolt extending through the flange of said shade roller bracket and projecting through the slot of the said struck out portion of the elongated plate, and a nut threadedly engaged with the free end of the last named bolt for securing the shade roller bracket at the desired lateral adjustment.

2. A shade roller bracket comprising in combination a plate provided with means for securing it to a support, said plate having a longitudinal portion struck out therefrom presenting upper and lower shoulders and a slot intermediate the shoulders and parallel thereto, and a shade roller bracket having a base ilange provided With vertically spaced lugs engaging the upper and lower shoulders, a bolt extending through said base flange and operating in said slot, and a nut engaged with said bolt to secure the shade roller bracket at the desired adjustment.

THOMAS KNEAVEL. 

